As I write Obama is either frolicking in the surf or hitting the links. He was so intent on his vacation that he had to autopen the fiscal cliff into law from Hawaii.

The Hawaiian setting makes for a very poignant contrast in the world of Barack Obama. And it is no small irony that Obama cavorts in the tropics having signed a into law a bill that raised taxes on the middle and lower class so that Goldman Sachs, among other wealthy entities, could enjoy corporate welfare courtesy of Harry Reid and Barack Obama.